![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/11t.jpg) Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/30t.jpg) Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/07t.jpg) Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/09t.jpg) A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/06t.jpg) Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/31t.jpg) Golden marguerite (yellow chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, Russian name Pupavka) at the slope near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/26t.jpg) Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/24t.jpg) Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/18t.jpg) Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/13t.jpg) Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/17t.jpg) View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/15t.jpg) Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/12t.jpg) Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/27t.jpg) Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/28t.jpg) Flower of marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/29t.jpg) Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/15t.jpg) St. Nicolas the Miracle-Worker Church in Kotly Village. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1722/jpeg/06t.jpg) Interior of St. Nicolas the Miracle-Worker Church in Kotly Village. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) office building built in 1915 by architect Uno Werner Ullberg, now National Bank of the Republic of Karelia. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/23t.jpg) Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/21t.jpg) Interior of a church in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/14t.jpg) Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dome of a church in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/20t.jpg) Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tour of a Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/09t.jpg) A dome of Trinity(?) Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/07t.jpg) Trinity Church (1755) in Gostilitsy village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/22t.jpg) Interior of Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/15t.jpg) Doorway of Uspenskaya Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/10t.jpg) Trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/08t.jpg) Decaying fresco in Trinity Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/06t.jpg) Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/11t.jpg) A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blessing(?) of a believer tourist in Blagoveshcheniya Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/24t.jpg) Interior of a recently open church of Uspensky(?) monastery in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/19t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/14t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dmitry Solunsky church in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of John the Baptist church(?) in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/13t.jpg) Interior of John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/02t.jpg) East beach in Orekhovy Island. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/23t.jpg) World War II memorial in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/26t.jpg) Passages of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/24t.jpg) New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/02t.jpg) Church of Dormition of the Mother of God (former scating rink) on Leytenanta Shmidta Embankment of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underground chamber of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/04t.jpg) Golovin Tower of Shlisselburg Fortress, view from a boat. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cell of New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/03t.jpg) Interior of church of Dormition of the Mother of God (former scating rink) on Leytenanta Shmidta Embankment of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/22t.jpg) World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/06t.jpg) Kirova Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orthodox Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/03t.jpg) A church in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/10t.jpg) Old house at 13 Sovietskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sovetskaya Street after a rain. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fountain of Kirova Square. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/17t.jpg) Garden near Zavodskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/09t.jpg) White cat at 10 Karelskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1432/jpeg/19t.jpg) Church in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/15t.jpg) View from Zavodskaya (Factory) Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/14t.jpg) Wooden house at 13 Sovietskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/28t.jpg) Cliffs near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orthodox Church in Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/12t.jpg) A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ahvenkoski Waterfalls A Zori Zdes Tikhie near Ruskeala. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/26t.jpg) Marble rocks near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/11t.jpg) Garages at south-east end of Sovetskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/29t.jpg) Marble cliffs near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/22t.jpg) Abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/21t.jpg) Inundated marble grotto in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/16t.jpg) Interior of a church in Rozhdestveno, south from Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Region. Russia, June 19, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/13t.jpg) A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/11t.jpg) Orthodox Church inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fire Station from a corner of Karelskaya and Vyaynemyaynena streets. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old railroad service building at 3 Vtoraya Pristanskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/23t.jpg) Rocks of abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/27t.jpg) Large rocks near marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/12t.jpg) Garages near Sovetskikh Kosmonavtov (Soviet Cosmonauts) Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/30t.jpg) View from southern shore of an inundated quarry in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/01t.jpg) A cat at the entrance of wooden Orthodox Christian church in Sapiornoe. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/02t.jpg) Vasilievsky Pogost Church in Chernavino Village near Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/07t.jpg) A church of Spaso-Troitsky Skit in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/03t.jpg) City Library (old Town Hall, 1885) at 18 Lenin Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1628/jpeg/22t.jpg) Peter and Paul orthodox church on Krasnaya Street. Siverskaya south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2015
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